As Chabad events gained popularity, the Kaminetzkys’ rented apartment began to shrink. It was time to move forward. But with a weak economy and a community that struggles to get by, the prospects were dim. It didn’t help that Rabbi Kaminetzky felt that Chabad needed a space in the heart of the city. “As poor […]

Study offered in 35 cities worldwide and online for Rabbi Akiva Wagner Students in 35 yeshivahs around the world will gather on Tuesday evening at 9 p.m. to learn in the merit of Rabbi Akiva Wagner, rosh yeshivah (principal) of Yeshivas Lubavitch in Toronto, Canada. Wagner, a beloved rosh yeshivah for many years who has […]

Chabad representatives serving twenty university campuses Europe-wide met up in London last wee Chabad representatives serving twenty university campuses Europe-wide met up in London last weekend for Chabad on Campus Europe’s annual conference. On the agenda were concerns about enhanced security,  innovations in Jewish education and maintaining a strong Jewish focus. Seasoned representatives and newer […]

Not long after El Al Flight 26 took off from Newark International Airport for Tel Aviv on Thursday night, there was trouble on board. Smoke began to fill the cabin, and the plane was forced to make an emergency stop in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. El Al does not fly on Shabbat, the 157 passengers […]

When a flight was grounded en route to Israel, Chabad hosted sixty Shabbat guests. Flight attendants started running, there was a definite smell of smoke and suddenly the flight path screens showed the plane making a u-turn. It was just after 11pm last Thursday when the pilot declared an emergency on El Al flight 26 […]

I wear it high, And I wear it proud. I wear it quiet, I wear it loud. I’ve got my kippah on my mind, I wear my kippah all the time, It’s like a helmet no soldier would miss. —Excerpted from Yarmulka Blues by Eighth Day Band As Jewish organizations worldwide stand in solidarity and […]